I remember each one of the horses that ran that day. I had always loved Alydar, so wanted his son to win, even @ 8-1. When he tripped towards the end, I remember a collective "noooo" echoing from everywhere..I couldn't watch any longer, thinking he may have hurt himself badly. The crowd roared, I looked up, and Sheba won! Then poor Demons.. Nothing worse than seeing the white trucks. I've lived in KY most of my life, and got to see this race, Secretariat's (my first) Affirmed and Seattle Slew.
Allysheba really did have a string of 2nd and 3rd place finishes coming into the 1987 Derby. But this race really catapulted Alysheba to National stardom. This was a colt, that IMO, could have, and should have been a Triple Crown winner. JMO
I vividly remember this Derby because of having the Alysheba-Bet Twice exacta, that midway down the stretch I thought would never happen due to the "stumble". How he didn't go down which would have been the biggest and most tragic horse race of all-time, thankful turned out to be one of horse racings grestest moments! RIP Alysheba and Thank You Jack Van Berg for making him a champion!
Pat Day had to pull him up because he was bleeding badly from the nose. He did come back to race again, but was never the same. He had six wins before the Derby, and only one (an allowance race) after it. He also died pretty young; I remember reading the obituary, must have been at least six or seven years ago now.
wow,I vaguely remember the stumble and recovery but didn't really recall that Bet Twice came over a second time,pretty severely. Maybe Alysheba woulda been put up even if he had run second. What an awesome champion.
I remember each one of the horses that ran that day. I had always loved Alydar, so wanted his son to win, even @ 8-1. When he tripped towards the end, I remember a collective "noooo" echoing from everywhere..I couldn't watch any longer, thinking he may have hurt himself badly. The crowd roared, I looked up, and Sheba won! Then poor Demons.. Nothing worse than seeing the white trucks. I've lived in KY most of my life, and got to see this race, Secretariat's (my first) Affirmed and Seattle Slew.
Shimmeringsmiley 1 year ago
Allysheba really did have a string of 2nd and 3rd place finishes coming into the 1987 Derby. But this race really catapulted Alysheba to National stardom. This was a colt, that IMO, could have, and should have been a Triple Crown winner. JMO
GBeret83 1 year ago
how awesome is it to listen to Jim McKay!!!!!!Simply the best!!
wrenster34 1 year ago
6:40 Alysheba stumbles, almost falls, recovers.
jcapawana1 2 years ago
I vividly remember this Derby because of having the Alysheba-Bet Twice exacta, that midway down the stretch I thought would never happen due to the "stumble". How he didn't go down which would have been the biggest and most tragic horse race of all-time, thankful turned out to be one of horse racings grestest moments! RIP Alysheba and Thank You Jack Van Berg for making him a champion!
HorseRacingNut 2 years ago
Pat Day had to pull him up because he was bleeding badly from the nose. He did come back to race again, but was never the same. He had six wins before the Derby, and only one (an allowance race) after it. He also died pretty young; I remember reading the obituary, must have been at least six or seven years ago now.
pjw5328 2 years ago
wow,I vaguely remember the stumble and recovery but didn't really recall that Bet Twice came over a second time,pretty severely. Maybe Alysheba woulda been put up even if he had run second. What an awesome champion.
logjammers 2 years ago
what happened to demons begone??
red2138 2 years ago